In Matthew 5:18 we read; “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. We know for a fact that heaven and earth has not passed away yet, so just what is Jesus saying here? Many claim the law is made void by grace and faith, and totally done away with; but Jesus tells us different. Even Paul said in Romans 3:31; “Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
This thread is not a debate over whether or not we are saved or justified by the works of law, because I know of a Truth we are saved by Grace through faith. But the main point of this thread is to show others that there are actually 2 laws at work, which are also determined by 2 separate mindsets; one which is flesh, and the other which is Spirit. The flesh of the law(carnal ordinances) was fulfilled for us and nailed to the cross in Jesus’ own flesh, but the Spirit of the law remains and is established in those who are born again of God’s Spirit. Just as it is written in Hebrews 10:9; “Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second.”
I have written several posts in the past about this natural law, and spiritual law (which shall be fulfilled before heaven and earth pass) but very few truly understand what it is I am saying, as I know it is hard to grasp.
So instead of trying to explain to you what I mean by natural law (outward ordinances) and spiritual law (prophecy ) I will just give you a few examples we are already given in scripture. I will give the carnal commandment first (natural law), and then I’ll give the spiritual law (prophecy) fulfillment of it as it is also revealed to us in scripture.
In Hebrews 10:1 we are told; the law was a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of those things. In this we see the natural (letter of the law) was given as a sign, and many of the carnal ordinances were just a reflection of the true spiritual to come, which would also be fulfilled as Jesus said. Just as the Lord also told the children of Israel that many of the commandments, statutes, and judgments would be for a sign between the Lord and them.
Deuteronomy 6:8; “And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.” And even the Sabbaths were given as a sign as seen here in Ezekiel 20:12; “Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.”
With that in mind let me try to show you what I mean by natural law being transformed into the spiritual law of prophecy, which can only be seen and heard by the renewing of your mind, or viewed spiritually as prophecy.
The first sign we will look at is the sign of the Covenant God made with Abraham and his seed, which as the Lord also told Abraham would be a token (sign) in his flesh by way of the outward circumcision. Genesis 17:10; “This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.” And then we see the sign also confirmed here in Romans 4:11; “And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:”
And now here we see the true spiritual meaning of that natural sign being fulfilled in us spiritually. Romans 2:29; “But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.”
So we see the commandment was first received outwardly as a sign, only later to be understood and fulfilled spiritually, and received inwardly by the Spirit. Just as it is written in 2 Corinthians 3:3; “Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Here’s another example most already know, but it speaks of the same, and of how the natural (letter of the law) was just a reflection of the greater glory to come spiritually. Exodus 12:21; “Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.”
And then the spiritual fulfillment in the Lamb of God 1 Corinthians 5:7; “Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:”
And again the carnal commandment in the feast of unleavened bread Exodus 13:3;“And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.”
And then the spiritual fulfillment in Matthew 16:6; “Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Matthew 16:11; “How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Matthew 16:12; “Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.”
And again the carnal commandment in the first ripe of the first fruits of the harvest seen in the natural law in Exodus 23:19; “The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God…”
And then the spiritual fulfillment of the law in 1 Corinthians 15:20; “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. James 1:18; “Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.”
And again the carnal commandment in Leviticus 23:15; “And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Leviticus 23:16; “Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.”
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This thread is not a debate over whether or not we are saved or justified by the works of law, because I know of a Truth we are saved by Grace through faith. But the main point of this thread is to show others that there are actually 2 laws at work, which are also determined by 2 separate mindsets; one which is flesh, and the other which is Spirit. The flesh of the law(carnal ordinances) was fulfilled for us and nailed to the cross in Jesus’ own flesh, but the Spirit of the law remains and is established in those who are born again of God’s Spirit. Just as it is written in Hebrews 10:9; “Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second.”
I have written several posts in the past about this natural law, and spiritual law (which shall be fulfilled before heaven and earth pass) but very few truly understand what it is I am saying, as I know it is hard to grasp.
So instead of trying to explain to you what I mean by natural law (outward ordinances) and spiritual law (prophecy ) I will just give you a few examples we are already given in scripture. I will give the carnal commandment first (natural law), and then I’ll give the spiritual law (prophecy) fulfillment of it as it is also revealed to us in scripture.
In Hebrews 10:1 we are told; the law was a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of those things. In this we see the natural (letter of the law) was given as a sign, and many of the carnal ordinances were just a reflection of the true spiritual to come, which would also be fulfilled as Jesus said. Just as the Lord also told the children of Israel that many of the commandments, statutes, and judgments would be for a sign between the Lord and them.
Deuteronomy 6:8; “And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.” And even the Sabbaths were given as a sign as seen here in Ezekiel 20:12; “Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.”
With that in mind let me try to show you what I mean by natural law being transformed into the spiritual law of prophecy, which can only be seen and heard by the renewing of your mind, or viewed spiritually as prophecy.
The first sign we will look at is the sign of the Covenant God made with Abraham and his seed, which as the Lord also told Abraham would be a token (sign) in his flesh by way of the outward circumcision. Genesis 17:10; “This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.” And then we see the sign also confirmed here in Romans 4:11; “And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:”
And now here we see the true spiritual meaning of that natural sign being fulfilled in us spiritually. Romans 2:29; “But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.”
So we see the commandment was first received outwardly as a sign, only later to be understood and fulfilled spiritually, and received inwardly by the Spirit. Just as it is written in 2 Corinthians 3:3; “Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Here’s another example most already know, but it speaks of the same, and of how the natural (letter of the law) was just a reflection of the greater glory to come spiritually. Exodus 12:21; “Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.”
And then the spiritual fulfillment in the Lamb of God 1 Corinthians 5:7; “Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:”
And again the carnal commandment in the feast of unleavened bread Exodus 13:3;“And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.”
And then the spiritual fulfillment in Matthew 16:6; “Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Matthew 16:11; “How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Matthew 16:12; “Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.”
And again the carnal commandment in the first ripe of the first fruits of the harvest seen in the natural law in Exodus 23:19; “The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God…”
And then the spiritual fulfillment of the law in 1 Corinthians 15:20; “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. James 1:18; “Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.”
And again the carnal commandment in Leviticus 23:15; “And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Leviticus 23:16; “Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.”
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